couple new additions here

[skippy]

well, here you go then

 

[skippy]

and some feeding

 

[Guest]

Wow the pit bull of the lizard world !! I keep telling myself no no no ...I had looked into them a couple years ago . I guess the price has been coming down . Have they shown any aggression?? What [just for fun ] did you name them ???

 

[skippy]

not really any aggression, they hiss and lunge when i go to touch them but never do more than head butt. they're still young though so i expect that they'll be more relaxed as time goes on.

i haven't named either as i don't know the sex, so i just call them the big one and the little one.

 

[Guest]

How do you handle them ?? Do you use gloves yet ?? Do they eat rodents exclusively? ... What is the treatment for a bite ??? Full of Questions just like a little kid ..

 

[skippy]

I handle them carefully but not as carefully as a rattler. I just pick them up by the tail and lay them on my hand. No gloves

The treatment involves lots of painkillers as far as I am aware.

 

[Guest]

Do you have any other hots ??? maybe some pictures ??

 

[skippy]

I just picked up a baby C cerastes and a baby albino C atrox today and I have around 100 tarantulas(not that those are "hot"). I might post some pics later tonight or in the next couple days.

 

[Guest]

Well I looked it up Ccerastes [Saharan horned viper ,Asp ] and a diamondback rattle snake C.atrox . An albino at that ... I would be interested in seeing some pictures !! I guess Cleopatra didn`t make out so well with her asp lets hope you make out better ..

 

[skippy]

it's actually crotalus cerastes, not the saharan one but yeah- i'll be keeping my digits away from them =P

 

[Guest]

I admire your dedication ... What kind of enclosures do you have planned for them? ... I would guess you don`t want them getting out and you want to be able to remove them without fumbling around ..

 

[skippy]

For now they're all in locking tubs except the larger beaded which is in a front loading, locking wood enclosure. The others will probably get the same when they're big enough.

Not that much dedication is required but if I was ever goin to have kids the wife wouldn't have allowed it

 

[Guest]

I hope that you are dedicated if you arn`t you may just be ded ! I saw some time ago an add . This guy was selling a long list of nasty critters . Big prices on some but one was a deal a ten foot Black Mamba . He said it almost killed him spent like 18 months in and out of the hospital .. I believe the price was like a hundred bucks ... I had to pass..

 

[skippy]

Dedication can mean a lot of things

Ill be plenty careful though, don't you worry. I just meant that I'm not going to be breeding or anything.

 

[myotis]

Go big or go home, get a Gaboon Viper.
jk.

But they are my favorite of hot animals.

 

[skippy]

I might have if I lived somewhere besides California. Only native species of hot snakes can be kept here

I think I might have gone with an eyelash viper though